CVE-2009-1889

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1889
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-01 13:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.2 All linux All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.3 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.4 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.5 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: pidgin-2.5.8-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for pidgin - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
508738 – (CVE-2009-1889) CVE-2009-1889 pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Fedora update for pidgin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: pidgin-2.5.8-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[patch] libpurple/protocols/oscar: OOM and die on misparsed ICQWebMessage as ICQSMS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pidgin.im Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Pidgin OSCAR Protocol Web Message Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
#9483 (OOM/abort when receiving ICQWebMessage) – Pidgin – Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.pidgin.im Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for pidgin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for pidgin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-796-1: Pidgin vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: pidgin-2.5.8-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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